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8 – Caractacus, the Home-Wrecker

The British History Podcast

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Caracticus and the Rebellion

Brigantia was a client kingdom, but with their recen civil war, not everyone loved the idea of siding with rome. It seems like at least some of the people wanted independence, and caracticus could offer them a chance at obtaining it. So dodging roman legions and allied tribes, cracticus made his way north,. He finally arrived at the court of cardamandua, the queen of the brigantes. We don't have any first hand accounts of what happened next, but iim gine that his arrival brought a mix of scornful looks and heroic cheers. Exhausted, humbled and desperately in need, he threw himself at cartem

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